Zoran Gajić



Zoran Gajić (Зоран Гајић; born 28 December 1958) is a Serbian volleyball coach and politician serving as minister of sports since 2022. As a volleyball coach, he coached Rabita Baku, and FR Yugoslavia, Iran and Russia men's national volleyball teams.

Volleyball career
From 1980 to 1988, Gajić was the head coach in the Volleyball training camp of the Serbian Province of Vojvodina and the head coach of the junior team of the Province of Vojvodina. From 1980 to 1983, he organised and supervised groups of young players aged 9 to 11.

As the head coach of the Yugoslavia national team, the team claimed nine medals – including an Olympic gold at the Sydney 2000 Games, followed by a European Championship title a year later in Ostrava Czech Republic. Born in Pančevo, his coaching career, he started in OK Mladost from Omoljica, then he coached OK Vojvodina, Aris Thessaloniki, A.C. Orestiada, Olympiacos S.C. Piraeus, A.E.K. Athens, Arçelik, Odintsovo, Ural Ufa.With the national volleyball team of FR Yugoslavia, he won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal in 1996 at Atlanta. His other international victories include a silver medal in the 1998 World Championship and a gold medal in the 2001 European Championship. He won 3 more medals at the European Championships. In 2011 with Rabita Baku, for whom played 5 Serbian players won FIVB Women's Club World Championship in Doha, Qatar. He was re-elected president of the Volleyball Federation of Serbia in 2020 at the electoral Assembly of the Volleyball Association of Serbia.

Political career
He has been serving as the minister of sports in the Government of Serbia since 26 October 2022.